Sleep apnoea and nocturnal angina

K A Franklin; J B Nilsson; C Sahlin; U Näslund

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90820-x

Sleep apnoea and nocturnal angina

Lancet. 1995 Apr 29;345(8957):1085-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90820-x.

Authors

K A Franklin¹, J B Nilsson, C Sahlin, U Näslund

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergology, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå.

PMID: 7715342
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90820-x

Abstract

Hypoxaemia occurs with sleep apnoea and might induce nocturnal angina. Sleep apnoea was found in 9 of 10 patients with nocturnal angina pectoris. Nocturnal angina diminished during treatment of sleep apnoea by continuous positive airway-pressure, and the number of nocturnal myocardial ischaemic events measured by computerised vector-cardiography was reduced.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Angina Pectoris / etiology*
Humans
Hypoxia / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
Positive-Pressure Respiration
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / complications*
Sleep Apnea Syndromes / therapy
Sleep Stages / physiology